Tabitha Hanson
Adjunct Instructor
hansont@augsburg.edu

“My work in hospitals and home care sparked a desire in me to prevent injury/disease and to promote and protect the health of individuals. This desire, combined with my passion for children, led me to pursue a graduate degree in maternal/child health and public health nursing. I truly enjoy the independence of community health nursing and the impact my work has on the larger community and society. My hope is to bring this passion to the classroom to inspire nurses to utilize public health nursing interventions within their work environment and their own unique community. I believe that application of public health principles expands the nurse’s world and the impact nurses have both professionally and personally.”

Tabitha teaches community health in the undergraduate nursing program. Her areas of expertise include rural health, community/public health nursing, adolescent health, and maternal/child health. She has practiced as a public health nurse, county public health nursing supervisor, immunization coordinator, school nurse, public health consultant, childbirth educator, home care nurse for medically fragile children, and hospital staff/charge nurse in both large and small community hospitals. Tabitha has taught both community health clinicals and theory at Augsburg.

Education
B.A., Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
M.S., University of Minnesota School of Nursing
M.P.H., University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Plan B paper title: Differences in Patterns and Predictors of Prenatal Care Utilization Between Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Adolescents

Research and Scholarly Interests
Car seat misuse

Publications
Block, D.E., Hanson, T.K., and Keane, A. (1998). Child safety seat misuse: Home visiting assessment and intervention. Public Health Nursing, 15(4): 250-256.

Areas of Teaching and Responsibility at Augsburg College:
Community Health